From and after the passage of this article,
it shall be unlawful for any and all dogs to run at large in or about
the streets, highways, roads and public places in the Borough of Berlin,
or to be upon or in any of such places, unless such dog or dogs shall
be lead on a chain, leash or line.
Any dog or dogs found in the Borough of Berlin
not wearing its proper official license tag or found running at large
may be seized by such person or persons as the Chief of Police or
the Borough Council of the Borough of Berlin may from time to time
appoint for that purpose; any dog or dogs so seized shall be impounded
for the period required by law and, if not claimed within said time,
may then be destroyed as provided by law.
No person who shall own, keep or harbor a dog
or dogs in the Borough of Berlin shall permit the same to run at large
at any time within the municipal limits of the Borough of Berlin.
[Amended 10-10-1985 by Ord. No. 85-19]
Each and every person violating any of the provisions
of this article shall, upon conviction thereof, be subject to a fine
of not less than $100 and not more than $500 or imprisonment for a
term not exceeding 30 days, or both, in the discretion of the Judge
before whom such conviction shall be had.